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J. B. TUPPER.

APPLE PARBR, sLIoER, AND COREE.

No. 329,511. Patented Nov. 3, 1885.

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J. B. TUPPER.

APPLE PARER, SLIGER, AND COREE.

Patented Nov. 3, 1885.

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J. B. TUPPER.

APPLE PARER, SLICER, AND COREE.

Patented Nov. 3, 1885.

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N. PETERS. Fhumulhugmp UNITED STATES PATENTI OFFICE.

JOHN B. TUPPER, OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA.

APPLE PARER, ISLICER, AND CORER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,511, dated November 3, 1885.

Application filed May 25, 1885. Serial No. 166,674.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN B. TUPPER, of Petaluma, county of Sonoma, and State of California, have invented an Improvement in Apple Parers, Slicers, and Oorers; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to that class of appleparers in which the apple is carried upon a rotating fork, and is pared and sliced by suitable knives which travel in contact therewith; and my invention consists in the combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, effective, and rapidly-operating apple parer, slicer, and corer.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my machine, a portion of bench A being broken away. Fig. 2 is a bottom view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the shield P in place. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through one of the fork-spindles. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on line X X, Fig. 3.

A is abench or table. On its top is mounted a bracket, B, in the arms of which are journaled horizontally the independent spindles C, having on their outer ends the forks D. Upon the inner ends of these spindles are secured the pinions c, with which a master-gear, E, engages. This gear is on the upper end of a vertical shaft, e, which is mounted in the bracket and extends downwardly through the bench, being provided 0n its lower end with a pinion, e. Pivoted under the bench at a point, f, is a lever, F, the end of which projects from under the bench, and is 'supported and guided by a cleat, f. Formed with or otherwise secured to this lever is a segmental gear, G, which engages with the pinion e on the bottom of the shaft e. By moving the lever F from side to side the master-gear is rotated, thereby rotating the forks.

H is the carriageplate, consisting of a long bar, which is mounted on the bench just in front of the bracket, and is adapted to slide thereon, being guided by suitable strips, h, on the bench. Upon the carriage-plate are secured the brackets I, which carry the knives. One of these knives, J, is the usual paring-knife (No model.)

found in the ordinary apple-parer, and the other, K, is the ordinary slicing-knife of said machine. These are mounted,in the usual man ner, on a base-piece, L, which is pivoted on a cross-shaft, Z, in the brackets I, so that said knives may have a movement to or from the plane of the forks. The paring-knife is further mounted, as usual, in the base by means of a cross-pin, Z, carrying an encircling spring, Z, andalug, Z3, whereby the knife is normally held in avertical position, and is limited in its movement by the lug Z3 in one direction, although, by reason of its pivot, it may have a movement of itstown away from the forks, whereby it conforms itself to the curvature of the apple. The joint pivotal action of both knives and the independent action of the paring-knife being the same as in the well-known appleparing machines, I have not deemed it necessary to add a more complete description. Upon the bench are secured the tracks M, upon which an arm, m, from the swinging base L of the knives is adapted to travel, whereby said knives are held ina vertical position. Near the outer ends of these tracks are made notehesm, into which the arms m drop at the end of the back stroke, whereby said knives are adapted to fall back away from the plane of the forks, thereby removing them to such an extent as to permit convenient ae'- cess to the apple for the purpose of removing it. These notches on their inner sides are beveled or curved, as shown, for the purpose of forcing the traveling knives back to a vertical position, thus acting in the capacity of a cam. Their movement beyond a perpendicular is controlled and limited by means of stopscrews Z, which pass through theback of the brackets I and impinge against the back of the knife-bases L. By properly adjusting these screws the knives are held to their proper position for contact with the apple.

The means by which the travel or feed of the knives is effected are as follows: Secured to a stud, h', which projects downwardly from the carriage-plate .through a slot, Z, in the bench, is an arm,N,which extends transversely directly under the bench. Pivoted to this arm is the outer end of a lever, O, which is pivoted under the bench at o, and is provided at its inner end with a stud, o, which plays IOO in an elongated slot, o2, in the lever F, just forward of its pivot-point. Thisf connection is such that when the lever F moves to one side the lever O moves to the other side, and therefore the travel of the carriage is the reverse of the lever F. This enables the operator while working the-leverFwithf onehandto have his other hand free to pick up a fresh apple and be ready to put it on. the forknear est his-free hand the moment the strokeof the lever is complete. connection between the levers O and F the knives is rendered uniform and accurate. Over the carriage-plate H, the brackets I, the baseof the knives, and the. tracks M is iitteda casing or shield, P, which serves to keep ont any obstructing material. This shieldv has a slotted. top to enable it to iitdown over the knives, and it is secured to the brackets I by the screws z' at the back.. It therefore travels back and. forth with the knives. The spindles C are. made hollow or tubular from end to end'. Through them. are loosely passed rods Q, the outer ends of which. are provided with radiallyfgrooved disks R, which. fit within and upon the. tines of the forks.. The inner ends of the rods are provided with heads.q,which are adapted to abut. The length of these rods is such that-when theY disk ot' one is moved back to the base of the fork its head, coming in contact. with the head. of the other rod, forces it llongitud.inally so that its-disk moves out to the end of its forks. These disks are the doffers, andl operate as I shall explain..

' The operation of the machine is as; follows: Supposing the lever F to. beI moved over'to the limit onthe right, theposition of the: righthand knives is just back of basel of the fork, they having performed their work of paring and slicing the apple. TheA other kniveson the4 left hand, are beyond the end of their fork, and are` thrown backwardat an angle, the arm m lying. in the notch m ot' the track M. Anv apple is. now placed upon rthe left-hand fork, and-L the lever F is then. moved to the left. This causesthe rotation of' the forksand the feed tothe right of both sets of knives, the leftfhand set being. thrown. to a perpendicular by its arm .traveling upI thev incline-of the said notchmin the track M and thev knives are held. in this position by reason; of" saidfarm resting upon-the topl of thetrack. Theright hand setof knives simplypass by their. fork, butthe left-hand"set perform. their workof paring and slicing the applefon the, left-hand fork. When. the. motion ceases, the positions are the reverse of those iirst described. A fresh appleis. placed upon the-right-hand fork, and in so. placing it. it pushes to the left theI corer-disk R,.Which,.th.rough. its..rod.,pushes to the leftthe other corer-disk,. which forces the previously pared and sliced apple fromits fork.. The lever F is againmoved to the right when` the right-hand knivesv performv their work on the fresh apple, the left-hand knives merely moving back to the beginning of the stroke. It will be observed that the mere `placing ci` a. fresh apple upon one fork forcesV V I claimvas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- y l. In an apple parer, slicer, and corer, the

.plate H, the. bracket I, the knives J K, the arm m, and' base L, pivoted in the bracket, in By reason of the slottedcombination with the track M, having camnotch m, whereby the knives are thrown` to an travel of the carriageplate or the feed ofthe upright position, and the stop-screwe', passing thro-ugh the back 'of the bracket and impingingagainst the back of the base L, whereby the movement lof the knives on their pivot'is controlled, substantially as herein described. 2. In lari-.apple parer, slicer, and corer, the combination -of thel reciprocatingV carriageplate H-the brackets I, secured thereto,y the swinging base-pieceL, pivoted to the bracket and provided with an arm, m, the verticallyswinging paring and. slicing knives mounted on the base L, and atrack having a cam-notch, substantially as herein described.

3.. In an. apple parer, slicer, and corer,. the

paring` and slicing knives and the plate It, by which they are carri/ed, in combination with the mechanism by which the plate is reciprocated, consisting of the pivoted lever E, the

thef bench and connected with thepl-ateH, the

lever F, pivoted under the bench, and thet leveVr O,.pivoted at one end tothe armN, and having a stud atits other end playing in a slot in` lever. F, said lever O being4 pivoted under thebench at a. point between its end. conV` nections, substantially as herein described.

5,. In an apple parer,y slicer `and corer, the bench A, the carriage.-A plate H, fitted and adapted toV slide on` the bench, the swinging knives J K, having arm. m, andthe tracksv M, having cam-notches m', into which. the arm dro-ps,v in. combination with thev means by which" the. knives are reciprocated consisting oil" the arniN under the bench and. connected with the` plate H, the pivoted lever F, and the pivotedflever O, pivoted at one end-to armv N, and connected at. the other end. by aslid-ing pivotconnection with. lever F, substantially as here, in described.4 V 6. IuVan apple parer, slicer, and correr, the

' oppositely mounted and aligned forks D, the

knives .I K, andthe plate H, carrying said knives'x irn combination with. the meansI by which theforks arerotated and the knivesfed, consistingl of the pivoted lever F, a gear' and shaft-connection between. said lever and the forks, thepivoted lever 0, a pivot-connection between one end of said lever and the plate,

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and a sliding pivot-connection between its other end and the lever F, substantially as herein described.

7. In an apple parer, slicer, and corer, the forks D, having spindles C, the knives J K, and the knife-carrying plate H, having arm N, in combination with the pivoted lever F, the means for rotating the forks, consisting of the segmental gear G on the lever, the vertical shaft e, having pinion e on its base and master-gear E on its top, and the pinions c on the spindles, and the means for reciprocating the plate H and feeding the knives, consisting of the pivoted lever O, pivoted by one end to the arm N, and having a stud on its other end playing in a slot in lever F, substantially as herein described.

8. An apple parer, slicer, and corer comprising the bench A, the bracket B, the forks D, having hollow spindles C, and arranged oppositely and mounted in line on the bracket, the sliding doffer-disks R on the forks, and the abutting rods Q ofthe disks passing through the hollow spindles, the sliding carriage-plate H on the bench, the pivoted paring and slicing knives J K, secured to the plate and having the arms m, the tracks M on the bench, having cam-notches m', the main lever F, pivoted under the bench, a gear and shaft connection between saidlever and thefork-spindles, whereby they are rotated, and the pivoted lever O, pivoted at one end to an arm of lthe carriageplate, and having a stud, o', on its other end, playing in a slot in the lever F, whereby the knives are fed, all combined, arranged, and adapted to operate substantially as herein described.

9. In an apple parer, slicer, and corer, the reciprocating carriage-plate H, the brackets I on the plate, knives J K on the brackets, and the guide-tracks M, in combination with the shield or casing P, secured to the brackets and covering the carriage-plate, the tracks, and the base of the knives, and having slots or openings through which the knives pass, substan- 4 5 tially as herein described.

In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN B. TUPPER. Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, H. C. LEE. 

